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A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 96/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 401 1940s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 10m.
Synopsis
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
Ratings
IMDb8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic96/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
466 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques PrévertScreenplay
- Marcel CarnéDirector
- Maurice ThirietOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- ArlettyClaire Reine, dite Garance
- Jean-Louis BarraultBaptiste Debureau
- Pierre BrasseurFrédérick Lemaître
- Marcel HerrandPierre-François Lacenaire
- María CasaresNathalie
- Louis SalouÉdouard comte de Montray
- Pierre RenoirJericho
- Jane MarkenMme Hermine
- Gaston ModotFil de Soie
- Fabien LorisAvril
- Marcel PérèsLe directeur des Funambules
- Etienne DecrouxAnselme Debureau
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